Name
Frank Harvey Chapman (MM)
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
15/09/1916
28
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lance Corporal
200531
London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
1st (City of London) Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Military Medal
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Pier and Face 9 D and 16 B.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Much Hadham Village Memorial, St Andrew’s Church Memorial, Much Hadham, Bench Plaque, High Street, Much Hadham, Congregational Church Memorial, Hadham Cross
Pre War
Frank lived in Park Terrace and worked for Foxwell & Hart Solicitors in Much Hadham.
When he enlisted, he was working as a Solicitor's Clerk at Lincoln's - Inn - Fields, London.
Wartime Service
He went to the front on 11th March 1915. Frank was posthumously awarded the Military Medal. In March 1918, his parents had a motor car placed at their disposal to take them to Balls Park in Hertford where they were presented with his Medal. The day Frank was killed, Friday September 15th, was the first day that tanks were used in a battle. Letter to Frank's parents from one of his comrades: While on patrol work on three successive nights in May 1916 he displayed great coolness and courage under very heavy fire and set a fine example to those about him.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, “Lest We Forget – Much Hadham 1914-18” by Richard Maddams (Much Hadham Forge Museum)
